Just a quick post of some interesting articles I've seen over the past couple of weeks:

* The case of Jimmy (a 26 year old chimp currently imprisioned in a Rio zoo) will be before the Brazilian courts next week. As Jimmy prefers painting to playing a group of lawyers and animal rights groups are seeking to secure Jimmy's release using the principle ( Read more... )

The Vegan Society and Environment Films have come together to produce a contemporary film about the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle. With views on veganism from a wide variety of people, including chefs, an MP, atheletes, a dietician, environmentalists, stock free farmers and a poet it's a rather excellent film.

It can be seen in full here. ( Read more... )

My, my, there have been some interesting news stories of late...

Most people I know wouldn't intentionally eat an endangered species. But that's what's happening to several major species of fish. Take the Flapper Skate. They are set to become the first species that human's have driven to extinction due to over-fishing. This is due to an 80 year ( Read more... )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7966807.stmRead more... )

Thanks to earthnative  for sending me this. It's an interesting look at the way humans and chimps learn. Both groups are shown how to get a reward, but the chimps work out that half the steps are pointless and simply don't do them, the children don't. The way this is portrayed shows alot about the biases of our own species towards acknowledging "intelligence ( Read more... )